"Boss, isn't that girl Ellie?" Some people hiding in the snow forest pointed at the two people on the road ahead, shivering.

"It really is true, where's her slime?"

"There's room for income now, considering how cold it is, Ah Qiu!"

"That's right. Tell everyone to get ready to wrap up. Two mages, catching them is too easy! Just don't let the word get out. After the mission is done, I'll treat everyone to drinks and girls!"

"Oh, oh!" Several people around echoed.

Unaware of the situation, the two chatted as they walked, only to find that they were the only two people left nearby.

Just then, a cry came from not far away.

A dozen burly men dressed in gray cotton coats jumped out from all directions, armed with weapons, and charged toward Ellie and her friends.

"Little girl, if you don't want to die, you'd better surrender!"

"You dare? I'll send men to wipe you out when we get back!" Emil pulled out his staff and unleashed a fireball.

"What do you want to do?" Ellie was much calmer. Her pet was ready, and her clone had already entered the other party's shadow.

They casually swatted away the incoming fireballs, and the group quickly surrounded Ellie and her friends.

"What are we doing? Of course, we're going to have our way with you! These girls are so pretty, it'll be really exciting to play with them!"

“You, you are the vice president of the Cold Water Mercenary Group!” Ellie recognized one of them, the one who used to often try to get Joanna's attention, and she remembered him very well.

"Boss, she recognized you! What do we do?!"

"What else can we do? Those outsiders will take her away anyway. As for the other one, hehe~!"

The crowd swarmed forward, startling Emil into a state of panic.

"Oh, so outsiders want to capture Ellie? Interesting. She really is the chosen one. I wonder who the villain is!" Luo Fan thought to himself and took action.

From among the shadows of the crowd, a slime suddenly emerged, instantly transforming into black ropes that bound their feet while continuously secreting slime.

Caught off guard, everyone fell down in front of Ellie, leaving Emil stunned.

what happened?

"Damn it, brothers, let's deal with these slimes first!" The dozen or so burly men immediately became flustered.

Luo Fan didn't hold back, quickly spitting out sticky fluid to continue restricting his opponent's movements. With his current physical strength, he wasn't afraid of being pulled or tugged at, and even if the opponent had a weapon, they wouldn't dare to cut off his thigh.

The clothes of these burly men disappeared at a visible speed, especially their trousers, which vanished very quickly.

"Ellie, make it stop! Or I'll kill you!" The vice president on the ground glared at Ellie, about to throw the knife at her, but his arm was entangled and he couldn't exert any force.

Everyone's weapons fell to the ground, quickly turning the area into a white mess, which made the two girls blush with embarrassment.

A cold wind blew by, and many people shivered and begged for mercy.

Fortunately, after a short while, guild members who went to the dungeon to provide support discovered the anomaly. After understanding the cause of the incident, they tied up the people and covered up certain necessary areas.

Ellie and her companions returned to Sacred Heart City, escorted by several guild members.

After entering the city, Emil left, saying she would make the Coldwater Mercenary Group pay the price and find the real culprit.

Ellie returned to the Adventurers' Guild, intending to sell the items she had obtained from the dungeon, and also because the guild was safer there.

"I can't believe that guy dared to arrest you. Doesn't he know what he's got?" Only after arriving at Anna's office did Ellie finally relax completely.

"Sister, he seems to be saying that some outsiders want to arrest me. He won't say anything no matter how I ask him, and he's pretending not to know anything. What should I do?"

"Let's wait for the chairman to return. Marquis Karaman won't let them off the hook either."

Marquis Karaman was Emil's father.

Before long, the Marquis arrived, and the adventurers who had robbed the group were escorted back by the guild leader. The other members of the Coldwater Mercenary Group, including the leader, were also invited over.

"So you really don't know anything?" Joseph was quite angry when he looked at the mercenary leader. In the end, he even used the Truth Crystal, which cleared his name.

"Where is the deputy regimental commander?"

"He suddenly died on the way back. It was discovered that he had been cursed with a death curse! As for the others, we have sent people to investigate, but there are no results yet."

"A death curse? What a grand scheme!" Marquis Karaman took one last look at the blackened corpse and silently walked to the side.

Then, after investigating the other accomplices, none of them knew who the other party was. It had been the vice-captain making the contacts all along; all they knew was that capturing Ellie and her pet would yield a large sum of money.

The trail of this incident went cold.

"Ellie, you have to be careful in the future. Those people will definitely not let this go," Emil, who came with her father, said, holding her arm.

"Why don't we go hide at Daisy's house for a while? Her father is a duke, after all; it should be safer there," Luo Fan suggested. The murderer hadn't been found, and staying at home was too dangerous, especially with two weaklings there.

"Sister, I know. I'll ask the president for his opinion later."

"Alright, feel free to contact me if you need anything!" Emil didn't say much more, and then went back with his father.

The subsequent inventory of supplies deeply shocked Anna and Joseph.

"You actually killed a Shadow Wolf! We've been investigating for a long time but haven't found the murderer who killed someone on the third floor. We never expected to run into you." Joseph glanced at the slime, secretly shocked.

"Is this guy really that strong?!"

"We were so grateful to Uncle Arthur and Emil's fire spirits this time, otherwise we would have been in real danger!" Ellie explained briefly, and the two of them finally understood the key point.

"That's because your slime blocked the other party's view. This guy is hiding his true strength!"

A certain dark-skinned guy lay motionless on Ellie's shoulder, selectively playing dead.

Of the profits, Ellie took the ice-type crystal cores and sold the rest, earning a total of over 200 gold coins. The ghost wolf's corpse was worth 100 gold coins because its fur was relatively well-preserved.

It's definitely faster to make money by fighting monsters!

After purchasing some basic dark crystals, Ellie left under the escort of others.

Dark crystals can accelerate the learning efficiency of corresponding mages. Simply studying spellbooks is far less efficient than using crystals.

Being a mage has always been a very expensive profession.

This battle made Ellie realize her shortcomings, and she didn't want to become a burden to Luo Fan in the future.

Finally, after speaking with the guild leader, he also suggested that going to the Duke's house would be the best option. The guild was too crowded and dangerous.

Daisy's Simmons family is located in the northern part of Sacred Heart City, and her family's fiefdom is also near the Frozen Mountains in the north.

Every winter, Daisy's family would choose to travel to their fiefdom for training, which was a good opportunity for ice mages to gain experience.

"Hello, is Miss Daisy home?" Looking at the luxurious door, Ellie was still a little nervous, while Luo Fan, who was visiting for the first time, looked around with his small eyes.

"It's Miss Ellie! Miss Daisy is home, please come in!"

Guided by the servants, Ellie finally met her best friend, and Luo Fan returned to Xiao Xue's arms once again.

The scheme succeeded, hehe.

"Mmm, Xiaoxue'er smells better!"

After explaining her purpose, Ellie officially met Daisy's father, Duke Simmons.